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Strawberry Shortcakes

  • 20062006
  • 2h 7m
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7.0/10
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Chizuru Ikewaki, Yûko Nakamura, Kiriko Nananan, and Noriko Nakagoshi in Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)
  • Drama
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they... Read allStrawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. This movie rank... Read allStrawberry Shortcakes (2006) is a Japanese film by director Hitoshi Yazaki. The film, based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Kiriko Nananan, concerns the life of four girls, as they deal with their own insecurities while living in the metropolis of Tokyo. This movie ranked 7th Best Film at the 2006 Yokohama Film Festival and got Best Supporting Actress and Be... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
747
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Hitoshi Yazaki
  • Writers
    • Kiriko Nananan(comic)
    • Kyôko Inukai(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Chizuru Ikewaki
    • Noriko Nakagoshi
    • Yûko Nakamura
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  • Director
    • Hitoshi Yazaki
  • Writers
    • Kiriko Nananan(comic)
    • Kyôko Inukai(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Chizuru Ikewaki
    • Noriko Nakagoshi
    • Yûko Nakamura
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    • 6User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Chizuru Ikewaki
    • Satokoas Satoko
    Noriko Nakagoshi
    • Chihiroas Chihiro
    Yûko Nakamura
    • Akiyoas Akiyo
    Kiriko Nananan
    • Tokoas Toko
    Ryô Kase
    Ryô Kase
    • Nagaias Nagai
    Masanobu Andô
    Masanobu Andô
    • Kikuchias Kikuchi
    Tamiyasu Chô
    • Leeas Lee
    Kazushi Hosaka
    • Clientas Client
    Akito Inui
    • Clientas Client
    Yôko Ishino
    • Doctoras Doctor
    Kiyomi Itô
    • Matsushitaas Matsushita
    Seiko Iwaidô
    • Kondoas Kondo
    • (as Mai Takahashi)
    Asami Katsura
    • Sakieas Sakie
    Ayaka Maeda
    Ayaka Maeda
    • Michiruas Michiru
    Chieko Misaka
    Tomomi Miyashita
    Tomomi Miyashita
    • Yurias Yuri
    Seminosuke Murasugi
    • Morioas Morio
    Hitomi Nakahara
    • Machikoas Machiko
    • Director
      • Hitoshi Yazaki
    • Writers
      • Kiriko Nananan(comic)
      • Kyôko Inukai(screenplay)
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    6/10
    Quirky, occasionally shocking, but ultimately superficial
    Strawberry Shortcakes is a sometimes quirky, touching and shocking look at the lives of four women in modern-day Tokyo. Satoko (Chiziru Ikewaki), unlucky in love, works as the secretary at an escort agency, where she isn't as glamorous as her co-workers, but she hasn't given up hope that she might find a man who finds her special. Akiyo (Yuko Nakamura) who is one of the prostitutes working there (who sleeps at night in a coffin in her apartment) has found the man she wants to be with, an old college friend who, like her, hasn't made much of his life – but he only sees her as a friend. Saddened by this, Akiyo increasingly humiliates and abases herself, taking on even the most revolting of clients. Humiliation is also the fate of Chihiro (Noriko Nakagoshi), a pretty but superficial young woman, scorned by her colleagues at work for her pleasant but servile manner with the management. She is also heading for disappointment by putting too much faith in a casual relationship she is having with a young co-worker. Chihiro lives with Toko, a graphic artist, designing covers for book publishers. Toko (played by the original manga artist Kiriko Nananan herself), seems to be successfully getting over a broken relationship, but she's blocking the pain through bouts of bulimia and by throwing herself into her work.

    The film certainly manages to involve the viewer in the lives of its characters, putting them through all manner of humiliation, disappointment and resignation as well as a few moments of self-revelation, but the depiction of these women's lives is superficial and their outlook is limited and essentially the same - each of the women are ultimately just looking for love. The film has an episodic feel, never really finding a flow, skipping from one character to the next without really developing their situation or being realistically representative of life as it is lived by most modern women in Japan.
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    • nmegahey
    • Feb 28, 2008

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    • Release date
      • July 19, 2007 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Uplink (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Клубничные пирожные
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Comstock
      • S.S.M.
      • Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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